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Times New Roman, Calibri, and who accessibility is for (hint: all of us)
In what might be a first for the platform, Jonathan Hoefler posted an insightful thread on Threads about a topic
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Stealing your AI chats
Idan Dardikman writing on the Koi blog, 8 Million Users' AI Conversations Sold for Profit by "Privacy"
Politics
"Trump derangement syndrome"
The widely adored Rob Reiner and his wife were murdered (seemingly by their son) over the weekend, and this is
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Bye, bye, Face ID
There are some new potential leaks about the upcoming folding iPhone, and this bit stood out to me:
The leaker
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Why hasn't the desktop UI evolved in years?
I really enjoyed this talk by Scott Jenson, who did UX at Apple and Google, and now works with Mastodon.
My crazy 2026 prediction (it involves Linux)
I'm not saying 2026 will be "the year of Linux on the desktop," but it will
My pet peeve with traditional publishing
Founded in 2011, The Verge is an exceptionally modern publisher in the grand scheme of things, but its writing style